Have you ever driven past that restaurant or fast food place that you know you should avoid but it just smells so good you start craving it's offerings? I know I have, in fact it took a few years to eliminate some of my past food cravings for those fast "food" disasters. The fact is in most cases you aren't craving the food, you are actually addicted to the fake chemicals that have been added specifically for their bio-addictive and "flavoring" effects.

Good News! The fact is that if you can get past the initial withdrawal cravings, and work at retraining your tastes, your brain will reward you.

According to a new study from Tuft's University and Massachusetts General Hospital, brain scans show that you can not only eliminate the unhealthy cravings, but they can be replaced with cravings for healthy food that are encouraged and supported by your brain. I know from my own personal experience that this has proven to be true.

For those in the study eating the healthier food, it was shown that after 6 months, areas of the brain reward center associated with learning and addiction had changed and responded more greatly to the healthier food choices than the unhealthy foods. Quite simply, their brain, cravings and desires had changed.

Brains can be re-wired, and you are the architect for your own. Every choice, action, thought and emotion will work to your benefit if you exercise conscious exertion of such choices.

I know from personal experience that this can be challenging. Just remember that it's never too late to do a good thing.